Mackay Point

Mackay Point is a tiny peninsula (450 m at its widest point) protruding into Laubeuf Fjord from the Wormald Ice Piedmont on the eastern side of Adelaide Island.

Mackay Point (67°32′S 68°5′W / 67.533°S 68.083°W / -67.533; -68.083Coordinates: 67°32′S 68°5′W / 67.533°S 68.083°W / -67.533; -68.083) is a point on the southeast coast of Adelaide Island, Antarctica, about 2 nautical miles (4 km) to the north-northeast of Rothera Point. It was surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, 1961–62, and by a Royal Navy Hydrographic Survey Unit from HMS Endurance, 1976–77. The point was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1978 for Donald C. Mackay, a British Antarctic Survey builder at Halley Station (1972–73), Signy Island (1974–75), and Rothera Research Station (1976-78).^[1]

Mackay Point provides one of the few landing spots on the coast of Adelaide Island.

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Mackay Point" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).